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提高

tí gāo

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

提高 (tí gāo) means "to raise". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 提高 means

1. to raise
2. to increase
3. to improve

The characters in 提高

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 高gāohigh; tall; above average

Example sentences

• 生活费提高了。
  Shēnghuófèi tígāo le.
  The cost of living has gone up.
• 我提高了音量。
  I raised my voice.
• 她提高了她的嗓音。
  Tā tígāo le tā de sǎngyīn.
  She raised her voice.
• 我们建议提高收费。
  Wǒmen jiànyì tígāo shōufèi.
  We suggest raising the fees.
• 东家说要提高租金。
  The landlord says he wants to raise the rent.
• 您不需要提高音量。
  You don't have to raise your voice.

Where 提高 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Achievement, Change & Progress (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tí gāo correctly.
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